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Old 21-Oct-2003, 14:30
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If I say a dress is made of silk I mean the dress is silk. If I say the dress was made from silk I mean that silk was used to make it. In the second instance, it is possible (tho not likely) that it is not a silk dress.

There has been a discussion about this before. I will see if I can find it.
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